METROPOLITAN FEDERAL BANK v. W. R. GRACE & CO.

Nos. 92-1769, 92-1807, 92-2181, 92-2329.

999 F.2d 1257 (1993)

METROPOLITAN FEDERAL BANK OF IOWA, F.S.B., Plaintiff-Appellant, Metropolitan Federal Bank of Minnesota, F.S.B.; Metropolitan Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiffs, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.; W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn., Defendants-Appellants, United States Gypsum Corporation, Defendant. METROPOLITAN FEDERAL BANK OF IOWA, F.S.B., Plaintiff-Appellee, Metropolitan Federal Bank of Minnesota, F.S.B., Plaintiff-Appellee, Metropolitan Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.; W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn., Defendants-Appellants, United States Gypsum Corporation, Defendant. METROPOLITAN FEDERAL BANK OF IOWA, Plaintiff, Metropolitan Federal Bank of Minnesota, Plaintiff-Appellant, Metropolitan Federal Bank, Plaintiff, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.; W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn., Defendants-Appellees, United States Gypsum Corporation, Defendant. METROPOLITAN FEDERAL BANK OF IOWA, F.S.B., Plaintiff, Metropolitan Federal Bank of Minnesota, F.S.B., Plaintiff-Appellee, Metropolitan Federal Bank, F.S.B., Plaintiff, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.; W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn., Defendants-Appellants, United States Gypsum Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1993.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Speights, Hampton, SC, argued (Steven C. Lian, Minot, ND, and Jon M. Arntson, Fargo, ND, on brief), for appellant.

Kell M. Damsgaard, Philadelphia, PA, argued (Dennis J. Valenza of Philadelphia, PA, and Sandra Wallace Napolitano, Thomas B. Caswell, and Brooks F. Poley, Minneapolis, MN, on brief), for appellee, U.S. Gypsum.

Allen W. Hinderaker, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Hugh V. Plunkett, III, and Keith J. Halleland, on brief), for appellee, W.R. Grace & Co.

Before BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Metropolitan Federal Bank of Minnesota appeals the decision of the District Court1 to grant summary judgment to W.R. Grace & Company and W.R. Grace & Company — Connecticut2 (collectively W.R. Grace) on Metropolitan's claims for recovery of asbestos abatement costs. W.R. Grace cross-appeals, challenging the District Court's decision to extend the time to file the notice...

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